by irdadmin | Jan 12, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Vista Gold (VGZ) has a storied history as a junior gold miner. In 2012 new management, led by CEO, Fred Earnest, took control of the operations and has been advancing the Mt. Todd gold project, which is the largest undeveloped gold project in Australia. Mt. Todd...
by irdadmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The stock market has become the United States’ “sacred cow.” For some reason stock prices have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. In truth, the stock market is nothing more than a reflection of the inflation/currency devaluation...
by irdadmin | Jan 4, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Silver is up 12.4% since November 11th, gold is up 9.3% since August 15th. But the GDX mining stock ETF is up 21.4 % since September 11th. GDX is actually up 71% since mid- January 2016. By comparison, the SPX is up just 34% over the same time period (Jan 19th,...
by irdadmin | Jan 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Precious Metals
A quiet bull market in mining stocks is underway. The GDX ETF closed trading on New Year’s Eve up 2.37%. Through Monday, the GDX has risen 20% since hitting a 52-week low close of $17.57 on September 11, 2018. In popular parlance, GDX is now in a “bull...
by irdadmin | Dec 18, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
A friend asked me today what I thought Powell should do. I said, “the system is screwed. It ultimately doesn’t matter what anyone does. The money printing, credit creation and artificially low interest rates over the last 10 years has fueled the most...
by irdadmin | Dec 13, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The following is an excerpt from my December 6th issue of the Mining Stock Journal: Trumps Dilemma – The dollar index has been rising since Trump began his war on trade. But right now it’s at the same 97 index level as when Trump was elected. Recall that...